Motive AI Dashcams Allegedly Collected Truckers' Biometric Data and Built License-Plate Location Records Without Consent

January 1, 2020

Truck drivers Adam Dean and Christian Erickson alleged that Motive Technologies' AI dashcams used automatic license plate recognition to record plates and time-stamped vehicle locations and collected drivers' biometric data without adequate notice or consent. The proposed class action claims privacy harms and violations of California's Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR) law. …through JOIN US.

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Alleged deployer
motive-technologies, commercial-vehicle-surveillance-technology-developers, commercial-fleet-operators-using-ai-dashcams, automatic-license-plate-recognition-(alpr)-technology-developers, ai-powered-dash-camera-developers
Alleged developer
motive-technologies, commercial-vehicle-surveillance-technology-developers, commercial-fleet-operators-using-ai-dashcams, automatic-license-plate-recognition-(alpr)-technology-developers, ai-powered-dash-camera-developers
Alleged harmed parties
workers-subjected-to-workplace-surveillance, truck-drivers-using-motive-ai-dashcams, road-users, privacy, motorists-recorded-by-motive-alpr-systems, christian-erickson, biometric-data-subjects, adam-dean

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